Pleuroploca

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Pleuroploca
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Shell of Pleuroploca lyonsi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Pleuroploca
P. Fischer, 1884 [1]
Type species
Murex trapeziumLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [2]

Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca)P. Fischer, 1884

Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera. [2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca : [3]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch.: 616.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204742 on 2012-08-25
  3. WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010